Static or Air?

[firefighter736]

I've spent the last two hours reading through air bag threads on this site and finally decided to just make a thread as I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

I currently have cut coils on my truck. I love the look but the ride is very, very rough. My ultimate goal is to retain the current ride height but to improve the feel. The rear height/ride is fine so I'm just trying to do something with the front.

Here are a couple of things I've decided:

1) I'm not interested in "laying frame"
2) I'm not interested in adding a compressor, I'd rather just run two schrader valves and manually keep them full. Would be open to having bags connected with one valve to fill both, if possible
3) If going the static route I'd like to retain my drum brakes for the moment (don't really have the $$ at the moment to swap front to discs + drop spindle).


So taking these three things into consideration should I look at lowering springs or a front air bag kit?

Here is a pic of my truck's current stance for reference:




Any help is greatly appreciated, guys!
-Barry